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The Resting Place by Camilla Sten

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zenzi2read's review against another edition

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mysterious sad slow-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Strong character development? It's complicated
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? No
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

2.75

If there were a Bechtel test for how long it took two characters to speak about the grandmother in this book almost every conversation would fail. Character development is fullest for the grandmother, and very shallow for everyone else.
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hauntedantiqueshop's review against another edition

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mysterious fast-paced
  • Strong character development? No
  • Loveable characters? No
  • Diverse cast of characters? No
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

2.5

Second book I’ve read with a character having prosopagnosia! I find it very interesting but this one was predictable and a bit boring.
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ktb97's review against another edition

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dark emotional mysterious tense slow-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? No
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

This author is a master of creating sudden creepy scenes that make you shudder. This book was a bit too slow paced for me, but still definitely worth reading. 
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haileymundell's review

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dark mysterious sad tense medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Diverse cast of characters? No
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5

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singalana's review against another edition

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challenging mysterious tense medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Plot
  • Strong character development? No
  • Loveable characters? No
  • Diverse cast of characters? No
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

1.25

Kasvosokean Eleanorin isoäiti murhataan ja vaikka hän näki tekijän, ei hän voi kuvailla tätä poliisille. Perunkirjoituksen myötä Eleanor saa tietää perinteensä kartanon, jolla on synkkä menneisyys. 

Kirjaa markkinoidaan klaustrofobiseksi jännäriksi kartanossa asuvasta pahuudesta. Teksti asetti aivan vääränlaiset odotukset, sillä odotin kirjailijan edellisen teoksen perusteella ehkä jopa yliluonnolliselta tuntuvaa vivahdetta. Sen sijaan juoni on hyvin perinteinen menneisyyden salaisuuksiin pohjautuva jännäri. 

Minun oli hyvin vaikea keksiä asioita joista olisin pitänyt. Harvat plussapisteet tulevat miljööstä ja törkeän isoäidin hahmosta. 

Koska monet minua häirinneet seikat sisältävät juonipaljastuksia, piilotan ne spoilerilinkin taakse. 

Spoilereita! 
  • Kasvosokeus tuntui alihyödynnetyltä, eikä sitä juuri selitetty mitenkään.
  • Päähenkilö Eleanor oli aluksi äärimmäisen pelokas ja neuroottinen, kunnes yhtäkkiä muuttui rohkeaksi ja tarmokkaaksi. Muidenkaan hahmojen persoonat eivät olleet johdonmukaisia, ja hahmot olivat muutenkin pinnallisia.
  • Osa kirjasta on kirjoitettu päiväkirjan muotoon. Tekstissä ei ole juuri käytetty nimiä, vaikka ne eivät varmasti tule yllätyksenä kenellekään. Sen sijaan puhutaan sekavasti Hänestä ja Hänestä.
  • Teksti tuntuu viimeistelemättömältä: lauseet ovat lyhyitä ja töksähteleviä, ja ainakin yhdessä kohdassa oli käytetty väärää nimeä.
  • Se, mitä menneisyydessä tapahtui oli erittäin helppo arvata.
  • Miksi Anuškan persoonallisuus muuttui niin radikaalisti? Mielestäni siinä ei ollut mitään järkeä.
  • Kaikesta päätellen Eleonorin isoäiti oli aika kammottava, ja siksi Eleonorin käytös kirjan lopussa tuntuu omituiselle.
  • Eleanorista läytetään välillä Victoria-nimeä. Turhaa ja sekavaa.
  • Ainakin minusta tuntui tosi oudolta, että 1,5 h matkan päässä Tukholmasta on sellainen paikka, missä voi tulla niin paha lumimyrsky että ulos ei voi mennä, kännykät eivät kuulu ja lähin naapuri on niin kaukana että sinne ei voi kävellä.

Kirjaa olisi pitänyt vielä hioa ennen julkaisua, tällaisena se tuntuu keskeneräiseltä. 
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auntchristine's review

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dark mysterious tense slow-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Strong character development? No
  • Loveable characters? No
  • Diverse cast of characters? No
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.0

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_terah_hansen_'s review against another edition

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mysterious slow-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Strong character development? No
  • Loveable characters? No
  • Diverse cast of characters? No
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

2.0

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jasmine256's review

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dark mysterious sad tense medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Strong character development? It's complicated
  • Loveable characters? No
  • Diverse cast of characters? No
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.0

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rinku's review against another edition

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dark emotional mysterious reflective tense medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Strong character development? It's complicated
  • Loveable characters? It's complicated
  • Diverse cast of characters? No
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.5

 I didn’t know what to expect of The Resting Place but in the end, I enjoyed it more than I think I would, so I gave it 3.5 stars. What was great about this novel was its main character and the atmosphere, but the story itself had some cliché and predictable moments and didn’t develop the side characters as much. 

The story follows Eleanor who witnessed the murder of her grandma Vivianne with whom she’s grown up with. Together with her boyfriend, her aunt, and Vivianne’s lawyer, they go to the summer house of her grandma to estimate the value of the house. Strange things happen there, and Eleanor starts to find out that her family has a dark secret that happened at this place. To uncover this secret, there’s another POV from the past told. The POVs were changed in a good pace so that there’s always some tension. What I liked as well was how creepy and atmospheric this book was right from the beginning. This atmosphere only intensified since you can’t be sure which characters Eleanor can trust and which don’t. 

Some moments in this novel were so cliché though that I rolled my eyes. Of course, a snowstorm comes, leaving the characters trapped. If this wasn’t enough, mobile phones weren’t useable anymore, there was no electricity, the car was dead, and the road blocked – this was a bit tiring. It also annoyed me how no one never believed the main character anything. I could guess other things as well and I don’t know if it speaks for the story or if it doesn’t:
It was quite obvious that the lawyer wasn’t a real one or that Annuschka had an affair with Vivianne’s husband and was Eleanor’s real grandma
. Still, the general mystery was interesting and engaging. 

I wasn’t the biggest fan of the ending and it’s probably the reason why I couldn’t give a full four-star rating:
The reveal that Carina, Eleanor’s therapist and Marit’s daughter, was the murderer just came out of the blue and was a classic case of the murderer telling how the murder went down before wanting to kill everyone involved. I’m not sure what to think about the twist that Vivianne shot Marit instead of Annuschka. In comparison, I liked the twist that Annuschka became Vivianne, even though I guessed it from the beginning. When we got Annuschka’s POV for the first time, I actually though that it was Vivianne’s POV
. 

Eleanor was a nice main character for the story, and I found it interesting that she has face blindness. Some aspects of her character were a bit cliché, but her struggles and her trauma because of Vivianne’s death were still depicted quite well. The other characters were a bit stereotypical for the role they had in the story; for example, Sebastian was the useless boyfriend that never believes Eleanor anything and doesn’t help her.  

All in all, The Resting Place was an atmospheric and interesting autumn read but probably nothing that will stick with me for too long. 
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readingwithtrey's review against another edition

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dark emotional mysterious tense medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Strong character development? No
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? No
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

Y’all! I am SHOOK. I know this one has mixed reviews, but it’s one of the best thrillers I’ve read in a long time. It’s a slow build but the chapters are short so it’s easily binged. The writing was done so well that over the course of the book the dread, anxiety, and fear really build. Y’all… it was super creepy. I couldn’t bring myself to read this too close to bedtime😅. But at the same time I didn’t want to put the book down because I HAD to know how it ended. I just knew the ended was going to be IT.

Now here’s where it lost a star for me. While the ending is a good, solid one, I didn’t have that lingering spooky feeling that I look for with a good thriller.

Overall, this was a good one and I definitely recommend it for spooky season 👻. Also, if you enjoyed Rock, Paper, Scissors by Alice Feeney, definitely check this one out!
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